About Me
ALL RESEARCH IS ME-SEARCH
I think it’s more important in life to follow your personal curiosities and your heart. This phrase changed my life. Since 2015, I’ve been on a journey to just that. And it has led me to being certified in the Fitzmaurice Voicework® and the Knight Thompson Speechwork® Voice and Speech Training Methods.And when Catherine Fitzmaurice (my teacher and founder of the Fitzmaurice Voicework®) said this life-changing statement after I asked if I should do my MFA in Voice Studies instead, I realised that nobody has ever encouraged me to seek wisdom within. In fact, I didn’t even know HOW to do that. It took me a while to allow myself to feel my feelings, get in touch with my senses and connect my body to my breath. This was after almost 17 years of being a professional voice-user in the areas of broadcasting, acting, singing, voice-overs, emceeing and even training others in courses like ‘Speak to Influence’!
All the time I’d spent studying charisma, stage presence, gravitas and leadership embodiment from books and videos gave me nothing on an effective practice that would help people immediately release tension in their bodies, connect with their breath and speak with resonance and vibrancy!
I’d come to realise that I needed something physical, practical, embodied and effective.
And that’s when my first experience of this work completely changed my perspective on what it meant to HAVE a VOICE and how it fundamentally changed how I approach coaching. And since I’ve been certified and been training hundreds of professionals, leaders, actors and fellow teachers, I’ve realised that the more I learn, the less I know. Not very reassuring to be leading with this kind of sales pitch, I know. But that’s the truth. Sure, I have MORE KNOWLEDGE, but I am also more equipped to embrace the unknown, the possibilities of ‘Beginner’s Mind’ or shoshin. Because in this space, we build awareness of new connections, different ways of doing the same thing and being present with what’s happening before us.